On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 07:01:47AM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 11-Jun-2002 Dan Jacobson wrote: > > [Debian's default installation gives 2 year old emacs and 6 year old > > non-GNU awk, while sporting the "GNU/Linux" branding] > > > > Summary: Dan says the debian install process should at least > > ask/inform the user that he is not getting current official GNU tools > > despite the GNU on the box, and in some cases [awk] he isn't even > > getting a GNU tool. > > > (cut) > as to the emacs version 20 was out a LONG time I still know emacs users who > haven't upgraded. For most new users emacs20 is just as good as 21. The two > large changes in 21 for newbies were a better X front end and console font > locking. Not to mention the fact that the books people will buy MIGHT support > 20 many are still for 19. Hi-
I guess the guy that was bitching about Emacs20 didn't read the Antinews on his Emacs21 LOL :-)) Cheers Henry _________________________________________________________________ Micro$oft-Free Human 100% Debian GNU/Linux KMFMS "Bring the genome to the people! [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.debian.org - www.debian-br.cipsga.org.br - www.debian-rs.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]